Crystal Gallegos left a court hearing on Wednesday afternoon with a sense of relief and a smile just minutes after a district judge ruled on a case involving the West Las Vegas School District, where her daughter attends.

“I am very happy at the outcome of today’s court decision,” Gallegos said. “Not only did it affect my student in a positive way but the entire student body of West Las Vegas High School.”

A man with a long history of drunken driving arrests has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for his latest DWI.

Frank L. Sanchez, 50, of Santa Fe, was sentenced by District Judge Gerald Baca last week.

“I believe that all people deserve a chance to rehabilitate themselves; however, when you are convicted of your sixth DWI offense, you deserve to be punished, which is what we sought in this case by asking for the maximum sentence,” District Attorney Richard Flores said in a news release.

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s highest court will issue a decision later in a potentially far-reaching legal challenge over whether the state can cut cost-of-living increases for retired government workers to shore up a pension system’s long-term finances.

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SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Reporter has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Susana Martinez, alleging violations of the state’s open records laws as well as retaliation by her office against the alternative weekly.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in state district court. It alleges seven instances where the governor’s office failed to produce calendars, emails, documents about pardons and other material sought under the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act.

Thursday, Sept. 5 — The 53rd Wagon Mound bean Day celebration has come and gone and proved to be a qualified success. Labor Day was bright and sunny and not overly warm so that the fear anyone had entertained of a spoiled holiday vanished with the early morning. Prize-winning floats were J.D. Schmidt’s Auto Service, “85” Cafe, La Pasada Cafe and Levi’s Texaco.